In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: workqueue: Fix unbound pool lifetime for pending pwqs KASAN reports a…
CVE-2026-99103
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: workqueue: Fix unbound pool lifetime for pending pwqs KASAN reports a use-after-free of an unbound workerpool in nodeactivatependingpwq(): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rawspintrylock+0x6d/0x120 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880089ce000 by task kworker/u22:0/318 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 318 Comm: kworker/u22:0 Not tainted 7.2.0 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: 0x0 (flush-8:0) Call Trace: dumpstacklvl+0x53/0x70 printreport+0xce/0x610 kasanreport+0xce/0x100 rawspintrylock+0x6d/0x120 pwqdecnrinflight+0x4b4/0xcb0 processonework+0x921/0x11a0 workerthread+0x4d0/0xd20 kthread+0x2de/0x3c0 retfromfork+0x3aa/0x620 retfromforkasm+0x1a/0x30 Allocated by task 311: allocpwq+0x439/0xca0 applywqattrsprepare+0x75e/0xd10 applyworkqueueattrslocked+0x44/0xa0 wqnicestore+0x350/0x450 Freed by task 0: kfree+0x127/0x3b0 rcucore+0x523/0x1780 handlesoftirqs+0x1b3/0x610 Last potentially related work creation: putunboundpool+0x3f3/0x7d0 pwqreleaseworkfn+0x494/0x8e0 kthreadworkerfn+0x1ff/0x790 Canceling the last inactive work skips pwqdecnractive(), so an empty pwq can…
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 28 October 2026
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
At the source
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/390b9542fe670b8936738140ef9f349df6adeab6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d2ef2b9f4c084ab498494d26495a82f7e15407b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6741dd3fd38e47c08bc39d11ef5fa141fa6d0441
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f5d5aef3072a33c6f9bfb954bb0cba1c2541849
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf9c8aaea0d47410df8708bec195889f3a85cd3c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f320b85c90fe5fc9d4d06badd450518323a94a7f
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